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To transform this bland, tired ritual into an occasion for spirited collective action, Earth Day must return to its roots.

It doesn't actually matter if the Coop boycotts Israel or not. Just having the debate is a symbolic victory for the pro-boycott camp. 

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has replaced Hosni Mubarak as the force that rules Egypt with an iron fist. As January 25 approaches, the revolution is not over.

Naomi Klein talks to an OWS organizer about using Occupy as a moment to dream big.

Angered by tainted parliamentary elections, thousands of Russians have taken to the streets.

Women helped found and sustain the leaderless, anarchist-influenced movement—and despite running into bursts of sexism and ignorance, they are determined to stick around.

Obama doesn’t have much time left to convince environmental activists that he’s worth their sweat and sacrifices in the next election.

The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”

A new generation of web-savvy civic activists are steadily builiding a participatory, nonideological and conspicuously patriotic movement against official corruption.

The Egyptian feminist, activist and journalist discusses the powerful role of personal narratives in the Arab Spring